La réforme druze dans les montagnes syriennes au ixe/xve siècle
In the 9th/15th century, a new kind of Druzism was reportedly formed by Emir al-Sayyid (m. 884/1479) in the Syrian mountains. Its foundations were long considered purely spiritual. However, through the reading of sources, a richer content and more ambitious stakes can be attributed to such an endeav...
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| description | In the 9th/15th century, a new kind of Druzism was reportedly formed by Emir al-Sayyid (m. 884/1479) in the Syrian mountains. Its foundations were long considered purely spiritual. However, through the reading of sources, a richer content and more ambitious stakes can be attributed to such an endeavor: al-Sayyid had a societal, religious and legal project imbued with strong ideology. The mountain area was nevertheless divided around this reform : the masters' followers were opposed to the local leaders who were close to the central authority. What seemed like deliverance for the poor proved to be a threat for the powerful. What some contemporaries considered Islamization was seen by others as the re-establishment of the original Druzism. Ultimately, al-Sayyid's reform included a political project that catered to the poorest among the rural community in a Syria that was experiencing an economic slowdown on the eve of the fall of the Mamluk regime. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-74eb5ddd62ca4a6e8c0ec54e7c317b772025-01-09T13:23:27ZengUniversité de ProvenceRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée0997-13272105-22712014-07-011359913010.4000/remmm.8742La réforme druze dans les montagnes syriennes au ixe/xve siècleWissam Halabi-HalawiIn the 9th/15th century, a new kind of Druzism was reportedly formed by Emir al-Sayyid (m. 884/1479) in the Syrian mountains. Its foundations were long considered purely spiritual. However, through the reading of sources, a richer content and more ambitious stakes can be attributed to such an endeavor: al-Sayyid had a societal, religious and legal project imbued with strong ideology. The mountain area was nevertheless divided around this reform : the masters' followers were opposed to the local leaders who were close to the central authority. What seemed like deliverance for the poor proved to be a threat for the powerful. What some contemporaries considered Islamization was seen by others as the re-establishment of the original Druzism. Ultimately, al-Sayyid's reform included a political project that catered to the poorest among the rural community in a Syria that was experiencing an economic slowdown on the eve of the fall of the Mamluk regime.https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/8742MamluksLebanonSyriaDruzesDruzismal-Sayyid |
| spellingShingle | Wissam Halabi-Halawi La réforme druze dans les montagnes syriennes au ixe/xve siècle Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée Mamluks Lebanon Syria Druzes Druzism al-Sayyid |
| title | La réforme druze dans les montagnes syriennes au ixe/xve siècle |
| title_full | La réforme druze dans les montagnes syriennes au ixe/xve siècle |
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| title_full_unstemmed | La réforme druze dans les montagnes syriennes au ixe/xve siècle |
| title_short | La réforme druze dans les montagnes syriennes au ixe/xve siècle |
| title_sort | la reforme druze dans les montagnes syriennes au ixe xve siecle |
| topic | Mamluks Lebanon Syria Druzes Druzism al-Sayyid |
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